Chicago Electric Motor Car Co. (1913-1914)
Walker Vehicle Co. (1914-1916)
Chicago, Illinois
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| This is a Chicago Electric hub emblem (1914-1916) sam Size: 40mm diameter MM: Unknown |
The Chicago Electric Motor Car Company was established in 1912 by a group of executives previously with the Woods Electric Company. It was expected that the Chicago Electric would be a success but, by November 1913, the factory machinery had been sold to the Carl Electric Vehicle Company for their new commercial vehicle manufacturing factory in Toledo, Ohio. In late 1914, the Walker Vehicle Company bought the Chicago Electric car design and the Chicago Electric was continued in production.
The Chicago Electric had a low slung body with a high arched door and was available in a variety of body styles. An unusual arrangement offered by the Walker Vehicle Company was an option to buy the car without batteries but to rent the batteries from the Rental Battery Company in Chicago. It was all over for the Walker Vehicle Company and the Chicago Electric in 1916.
Emblem
Early Chicago Electric advertisements included a Chicago Electric logo, see example shown below:
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| Chicago Electric ad with logo (1912) chuckstoyland |
The Chicago Electric did not carry an emblem on the vehicle body but did display the "Chicago Electric" name on the hub emblems, see later example shown above at the top of this post. This Chicago Electric hub emblem is extremely rare.
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